“Our governments have signed an agreement of intent in the energy sector.

Eni and Sonatrach also signed an agreement to increase gas supplies to Italy, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Draghi also noted that the Italian authorities are ready to cooperate with Algeria to "develop renewable energy and green hydrogen", as well as to "accelerate the ecological transition" of the country.

Earlier, the Algerian company Sonatrach presented its initiatives to increase gas supplies to Italy.

Italian Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani said that Italy and all of Europe are working hard to diversify sources to quickly replace some 29 billion cubic meters of Russian gas.